Graham Edwards

Site Foreman

Key Skills and Background

Contractor’s Representative skills

Project management – skilled in project planning, staff & subcontractor management, communications, health & safety, environmental protection, temporary traffic management, documentation, and quality control

Project execution – skilled in reading and interpreting contract plans and specifications, set out, and all civil construction operations

Foreman skills - developed to staff trainer level in

Site clearing including removal, disposal, contaminated soils

Excavation including shoring, benching, dewatering, protection of weak subgrades, dust control, etc

Filling including moisture control, compaction, level control, materials selection, environmental protection, etc

Pavement construction including subbase grading and compaction, basecourse quality control, compaction and achieving required tolerances, asphalt placement and all associated testing

Drainage works including pipe laying, subdrain installation, manholes, cess pits, kerb & channel, dish channels, storm water filter systems, environmental protection, backfill and testing

Retaining walls – reinforced concrete, precast concrete, block work, stone and timber

Pavers – concrete, clay & pervious

Streetscapes – lighting, street furniture, artistic features, signage, etc

Timber structures – boardwalks, platforms, walls, simple buildings

Concrete work – vehicle crossings, footpaths, roads, industrial slabs

Plant operations – excavators, trucks, rollers, front end loaders, graders. Tampers, plate compactors, chain saws, drills, electric saws and routers, and other small plant

Qualifications and Training

Qualified by experience – 25 + years
Site Safe Supervisor Gold Card
Site Safe Civil
First Aid
Level 1 Basic Traffic controller & STMS L1
Trained as a Civil Engineering Contractor’s Representative and Foreman through 30 years of practical experience
EH&S inductions: NSCC, ACC & ARMA West on-site job inductions, Westfield

Specialist and Management Capabilities

Health & Safety Management

Career Summary

2011 – Present: Site Foreman - Traffic Systems Ltd
2004 - 2011: Contractor’s Representative/ Foreman – Arrow Civil Engineers Ltd

Relevant Project Experience

Responsible for managing civil engineering construction projects including all health & safety, QA/QC, environmental protection, set out, subcontractor and staff management and efficient construction on time to a high standard.

Graham has extensive experience working on roads and managing: temporary vehicle and pedestrian traffic; keeping all stakeholders happy; and implementing plans for EH&S, QA/QC, construction management, and noise control.

Graham has completed: several MSW projects for both Auckland City and ARMA West, school carpark and roading jobs; streetscape work for Manukau City Council; and parks upgrades.